Environmental Health

Should You Always Take Off Your Shoes in Your Home?

Some people feel you track a lot of germs and dirt into your home if you keep your street shoes on inside, but studies have shown it's not that bad.

By Melanie Radzicki McManus Oct 7, 2019 Wellness / Environmental Health

How Dirty Is Your Shower Head?

It's probably dirtier than you think.

By Laurie L. Dove Dec 26, 2018 Wellness / Environmental Health

Plastic Pollution Is Showing Up in Our Poop

Microplastics in our poop indicate that even our food supply isn't safe from our plastic problem.

By Patrick J. Kiger Oct 30, 2018 Wellness / Environmental Health

Is Breathing the New Smoking?

A new app analyzes air pollution and its equivalence to cigarette smoking.

By Carrie Tatro Jul 6, 2018 Wellness / Environmental Health

When It Comes to Air Pollution, the Tiniest Particles Might Be the Worst

Increasing scientific evidence shows that ultrafine particles are especially hazardous to health.

By Patrick J. Kiger Feb 2, 2018 Wellness / Environmental Health

Used Books May Be Germy, But They Won't Make You Sick

From libraries to used book stores, books get passed from hand to dirty hand. How safe are they to handle?

By Carrie Tatro Feb 1, 2018 Wellness / Environmental Health

Why Do People Find Leaf Blowers So Irritating?

Does the sound of a leaf blower make you mad? There might be a physical reason for it.

By Laurie L. Dove Nov 10, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

Prozac Making Its Way Into Oceans Might Be Affecting Crab Behavior

Crabs exposed to Prozac are more careless in their foraging behavior, and more aggressive toward members of their own species.

By Jesslyn Shields Oct 31, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

Human-caused CO2 Emissions Could Decrease Grain Protein, Risking Health of Millions

New research shows that human-caused CO2 emissions could decrease the nutritional value of staples like rice and wheat. But there are ways we can prepare.

By Jesslyn Shields Aug 4, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

Hundreds of Scientists Call for Tighter Limits on Common Antibacterial Chemical

Hundreds of scientists and doctors are calling for stronger restrictions on antibacterial chemicals that show up in yoga mats, cosmetics, and even toothpaste.

By Laurie L. Dove Jun 20, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

Long-term Exposure to Aircraft Noise Linked to High Blood Pressure

The latest study on airport noise spotlights the potentially negative relationship between aircraft sounds and human health.

By Laurie L. Dove Jun 19, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

Glacier Cave Explorers Hunt Vanishing Beauty, Scientific Evidence

The icy spectacles are growing in many places, with the help of glacial melt and warmer summers.

By Kate Kershner Mar 1, 2017 Wellness / Environmental Health

U.S. Gets a C- on Ocean Health

What’s behind the mediocre grade, and who gave it?

By Kate Kershner Dec 19, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

There's a Big Battle Going on in the Grand Canyon

And it concerns a proposed development that will, depending on whom you talk to, spoil one of the world's natural wonders or build a better future for the Navajo people.

By John Donovan Sep 30, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

Secret U.S. Nuclear Base Threatened by Melting Ice

Codenamed Project Iceworm, the facility has been abandoned since 1967, but melting ice could become a problem for the once secret base.

By Jonathan Strickland Sep 29, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

France Becomes the First Country to Ban Disposable Plastic Cups, Plates

By 2020 some will say au revoir to disposable, single-use plastic goods. Will the rest of the world follow this trendsetting nation?

By Christopher Hassiotis Sep 21, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

Tote Bag Needs 21 Uses to Be More Sustainable Than Plastic, Study Finds

Most people don’t reuse their totes enough to have an environmental impact, survey says.

By Dave Roos Sep 16, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

Why Lead Is Becoming a Problem in the U.S. Water Supply

First Flint, Michigan. Now Sebring, Ohio. And the problem is only going to get worse. A lot worse.

By Lauren Vogelbaum Jan 27, 2016 Wellness / Environmental Health

City Pollution: A Double Whammy of Yuck

As if the urban heat island effects of elevated temperatures and pollution weren't gifts enough, cities have discovered that pollution is belching back at them, too.

By Julie Douglas Nov 6, 2015 Wellness / Environmental Health